eq change when recording?

[nighthawk]

i am wandering why the eq changes from the recording to mix down.

i will record a track mix it down and the eq changes for the track. my best guess is the crappy free software that im using. its no big deal. ive been dealing with it for so long that ive gotten used to dealing with it. im mainly just curiouse.

[UnkleMartin28]

It depends on how you are tranferring the sound... Are you using USB, FW, rca? and then what mix from the borard you are using, actually gets sent. If your sending out a monitor mix, FOH mix... It is what the pc "hears" and you may be listening to a different souce..

Hope this helps

[lonewolf]

i am wandering why the eq changes from the recording to mix down.

i will record a track mix it down and the eq changes for the track. my best guess is the crappy free software that im using. its no big deal. ive been dealing with it for so long that ive gotten used to dealing with it. im mainly just curiouse.

More than likely its the software. Try mixing it down by itself (with a blank track) to see if it changes.

[LHSL]

i am wandering why the eq changes from the recording to mix down.

i will record a track mix it down and the eq changes for the track. my best guess is the crappy free software that im using. its no big deal. ive been dealing with it for so long that ive gotten used to dealing with it. im mainly just curiouse.

nighthawk,

What software are you using exaclty? Many software packages support inserting devices into the "signal chain" of the track you are mixing. This is a virtual signal chain. You may have accidentally inserted an EQ in there that is set to some pre-canned curve. Once you mix down, it may be applying the EQ to the track.

The insert could also be done on the mixdown track as well.

The software itself shouldn't affect the tonality of the track. Bits are Bits, and as long as it is not totally f'ed up, it should have no problem mixing down several tracks and not changing the tone or EQ.

One thing to note, the "tone" of an individual instrument can be masked by other things in the mix. One trick I use to get vocals to pop in a recording is to take EQ out of the other instruments in the vocal sweet spot of the lead singer. Similar things can be done to blend kick and bass together. Mixdown is much more art than science though.